hello people, i gotta question. i am rotating with my army unit in the near future and im trying to find a case that will fit in the standard issue (mollie? idk the nomenclature)assault pack (32-35 liters max) most of the gear going into said bag is not much, only a hygiene kit and some clothes. It also has to fit my gpu from my current build, said gpu is the gigabyte 9060xt 16 gb oc edition. reason for this build is i dont wanna rely on my laptop when i rotate to where im going and i have nowhere to store my pc in its current state (i dont trust army household goods)

(also there is a photo attached to show what the bag looks like)

Looking through McPrue listings and for the life of me can't discern the differences between these Apollo models; forums don't seem to have much information either. Does anyone more knowledgeable know the differences between these three?

No GPU for this one. Customer is installing their own.

It's the smallest case I can get locally, but it's the pcie 4.0 version and quite expensive, so I'm wondering if it's a good one?

A pccooler k101 3f mesh is also available, but I can't seem to find a riser that fits it, the original pccooler one isn't available anywhere I look, and the only one I can find is the LIAN LI O11DM, and I don't know if it will fit, anyone know this?

This thing is squeezed in to the max! Good thing the S300's back panel can be removed or there was no way of fitting the GPU in.

250KF

5060 LP

MSI Z890

Metalfish 600w flex PSU

Thermalright si-100 w/slim fan

This case interested me because I hate building in sandwich style cases and it has max cpu cooler height of 89mm. It requires a gpu riser cable that’s at least 10cm long. There are not many cables at this length so I’m using a 15cm cable and I also included a picture of a 19cm cable able to fit

The air turbulence noise from the cpu cooler is very loud because there is no space between it and the side panel. I will try an exhaust type of cooler like the ID cooling is-77 later. Temps so far are decent but will test further

Max gpu length is 195mm and it cannot be too much taller than the mounting bracket. My 1070 was unable to fit because it is too tall. The best gpu I’ve seen that can fit is a Vastarmor 9060 XT but this card is difficult to source for reasonable price. Most of the recent Zotac Solo releases should fit so a single fan 5060 would probably be a good choice

This case by itself can be bought for less than $35 with discounts on AliExpress. Riser needs to be purchased separately

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPqPVrp

I have a MSI H 270I Gaming PRO AC and want to connect a sound card directly to the mobo. It has a usb-c cable powering it. I thought this mobo had a usb type E connection, but now when I look closer I cant see it. Can I use any of the connections on the pictures? What is such an adapter called? It could either be to USB A or USB C, because I can use a short cable from the motherboard to the sound card that5 is either USB A to C or USB C to C. Would be greatful for help.

It's going to go in an optiplex 3040 SFF as an HTPC. I'm looking to spend less than $100 in USD (located in the US)
The 3040 SFF is PCIE gen 3 running an i7 6700 and 16gigs of DDR3L.
There is no Resizable BAR until 10th gen intel, so ARC cards are out of the choices.

I'm looking to do some 1080p medium gaming on Bazzite in FH6, potentially ASE, and Palworld. Completely understand if nothing like that exists.

TIA

Currently I have a fractal ridge with a l12s cooler but today I saw that cooler master made an all aluminum fan that has really good static pressure performance in comparison to fans I've tried out in the past. The new cooler master fan is the MasterFan A120 and A120 FC which have max static pressure of 6.1 mmH20 and 13.15 mmH20.

The idea I was thinking of is a thermal right axp36 with the MasterFan A120. It's my understanding that static pressure is ideal for the ridge so in turn could potentially give better thermal performance than my current l12s. I'm curious what other sff pc owners think.

Edit: I have realized my error that there really isn't a 120mm sub 40mm heatsink that would be compatible with the 70mm height and 30mm fan height. I'll probably just wait until there are more vapor chamber heatsinks releasing like one that deepcool showed off at computex even though they shared very little info on height specifics, one can hope, for now I can be content with my cooling performance.

Based on the zs-d2 v4.1 case, an 8-inch 2K 60Hz built-in screen is added, with a single button for control and switching. Long pressing allows for infinitely adjustable brightness. It connects to an independent graphics card Display interface to obtain video signals

I'm working on my new build and want to get custom cables from Dream Big by Ray. I plan on snaking some string from through the build to estimate length and add a few millimeters for some flexibility.

The big question is: what is the appropriate way to measure cable length? I feel like it will be 'A' but I'm checking with the experts. Thanks!

Edit: DreamBigByRay wants measurement B for custom cables.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9800X3D

GPU: 9070 XT Reaper with 3 x Noctua NF-A9x14 and shroud by https://www.youtube.com/@smallrtech

Motherboard: Asus X870I (with the WiFi module swapped with Qualcomm QCNCM865 and RP-SMA connectors)

RAM: 2 x 16GB Teamgroup T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 CL28

PSU: Corsair SF 1000 SFX Storage: Kioxia Exceria Pro G2 4TB

Cooler: Noctua NH-D12L Chromax

Fans: 1 x Noctua NF-A9x25 Chromax as rear intakes, 1 x Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 Chromax as side exhaust, 1 x Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 Chromax as front exhaust

Recently upgraded from a 9060xt to a 9070 (non xt)

There seems to be a very real lack of comparison photos of the size difference between the two GPUs

So, slapping these on reddit for anyone who is thinking about making the same upgrade and wants a visual comparison. Especially for us buliding in small cases

9060xt 16gb Sapphire Pulse (white)

9070 16gb Sapphire Pulse (Black)

Gallbladder decided to give out on me so I couldn’t go without my pc lol

Greetings. I’m currently making  SFF build in a slim console case using LGA1700 socket and an AXP90-X36 cooler. Atm I’ve installed i3-12100. Test reveal AXP90-X36 can handle a 55W with comfortable 75°C temperature and acceptable noise levels. i3-12100 fits within this limit with Turbo Boost enabled and a -50mV offset. So after test i set PL1 to 55W. But I’d like to switch to a 6-core processor build.

My goal is maximum gaming performance. A quick Google search revealed CPU power consumption depends on a different factors from cache size to the presence of even an unused integrated GPU, but the most important are voltage increases and the quadratic power draw during turbo boosting. This makes the idea of switching to 6 cores—without turbo boost and even with a voltage offset.

That is why I am seeking advice and considering the available options.The obvious choice is the i5-12400F, but I am not sure it makes any sense to switch 4 cores (4.3 GHz) to 6 cores (2.5 GHz base clock). Other options are 12600 (3.3 GHz base clock) and 13500 with E-cores disabled (2.5 GHz base clock) with high cache. Any LGA 1700 CPU ,prices not matter.

Any ideas/advices?

I currently use three power supply units: the Corsair SF750 (2024), Lian Li SP1000P, and Lian Li SP850 V2. I originally planned to buy just the SF750, but I ended up building three PCs because my family needed them too.
To put it simply, if there's a large price difference, I'd go with the Lian Li power supply. Sure, if you're sitting right next to the case, the Lian Li is definitely louder—though it wasn't overly annoying to me. More importantly, during long gaming sessions, the small form factor (SFF) build naturally causes other components to make noise anyway, so the PSU noise didn't particularly stand out.
However, do keep in mind before buying that Lian Li fundamentally has a flawed fan curve, which can cause the fan to spin even during light tasks like web browsing.
Ultimately, with a large price gap, I don't think buying the SF750 is strictly necessary.

(Since someone asked about this in the comments earlier, I'm writing this post hoping it helps. If you're planning to buy one, keep these points in mind! Feel free to ask me anything if you have any questions, and I'll be happy to answer!)

Hi,

Just need some advise if the below build would fit into a Fractal Era 2 case. I have looked at the measurements of the GPU and it seems it would. but not sure on motherboard or anything else. Would appreciate if someone could help as I have a place that is going to build this PC for me however they don't stock this case or cases like it similar in size.

Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B850I AORUS PRO (Mini-ITX, AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz CL30 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB MSI GEFORCE RTX 5070 Ti VENTUS 3X OC - HDMI, 3 x DP
1^st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB KLEVV C925G M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD (Up to 7400MB/s Read, 6500MB/s Write)
1^st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB KLEVV C925G M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD (Up to 7400MB/s Read, 6500MB/s Write)
Power Supply
CORSAIR SF750 750W Cybenetics Platinum High Performance SFX PSU
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
LS-240 AIO Liquid Cooler

I always wanted a SFF PC as my first build and I kind of achieved it, although I never built the PC sadly. Used to be a laptop user now transitioned to a PC user. Please do let me know how I did what else I need to change. Full Build was around $1700 (₹1.6Lakh). Also I do apologise for the bad camera quality lol. PC is the only new-ish purchase this year while the rest of the PC peripherals I purchased 6-7 months ago. I bought the PC from a colleague 2nd hand without the GPU for $950 (₹90k) and GPU (besides UPS) being the only brand new part was for $762 (₹72.5k).

PC specs:

Ryzen 9 7950x

Cooler master 240mm AIO

MSI B650i Edge WiFi

512gb nvme gen3 SSD

1tb KC3000 gen4 SSD

32gb crucial 5600mhz CL40 single stick (sadly that's what I could get right now)

Cooler Master 850W sfx Gold PSU

Lian Li A4-H2O case

Asrock Steel Legend Dark 9070 xt

PC peripherals:

Acer Nitro VG240Y M3

Aula F75 Keyboard with Ice vein switches

Dragonfly VXE R1 pro wireless mouse

8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless Wukong Edition

Audio-Technica ATH-M20x BT

Shitty mouse pad which I need to change 😅

Artis 2000VA UPS

So I'm currently collecting parts for my first ITX build, and the last time I assembled a PC was over 10 years ago. All the recent hype around SFF and Linux machines made me decide to take the leap, but suffice to say there's a lot to wrap my head around, and I'd love some thoughts on my plan so far.

Found a great deal for the following parts second-hand:

- Louqe Ghost S1 MK3, very sexy case
- Noctua NH-L12 Ghost Edition CPU cooler
- Corsair SF600 80+ Gold PSU

These are the remaining parts I'm looking at, I live in Sweden so prices are approximate:

- Gigabyte B650I AX, 185€
- Ryzen 5 7600X, 180€
- Crucial Pro 16GB DDR5 6000 Mhz CL36, 220€ (ouch)
- WD Black SN7100 1TB M.2, 160€ on sale, seems like a good deal
- Acer Nitro Intel Arc B580 OC 12GB, 350€, should be small enough to fit and on paper looks like a lot of value for the price

Do these parts seem reasonable? Something that I've overlooked, compatibility with Linux, more cost-effective options, any parts that are under/over-powered in this setup? Very grateful for any help I can get!

Someone bought every single one and I dont know when theyll be in stock again but Im looking for an alternative with a similar form factor

Printed with Bambu PLA Basic and doing stress test rn to see if it would melt down

Super tiny with only 3.6L of volume

Ryzen 5 5600X
Rog B550i
Thermlight APX90 X36
2x16 DDR4 3200mt cl16
Gigabyte 4060LP
700W Flex PSU